Anita Brookner Quotes

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed. - Anita Brookner

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish. - Anita Brookner

You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't. - Anita Brookner

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself. - Anita Brookner

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has. - Anita Brookner

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just. - Anita Brookner

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule. - Anita Brookner

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man. - Anita Brookner

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